Introducing new faculty members
Bruce Carlson, Ph.D., and
Julia Driver, Ph.D.
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Obituary: Janet Lee Rensing, longtime secretary in political science, 60
Janet Lee Rensing, secretary in the Department of Political Science in Arts & Sciences for the past 20 years, died Oct. 14. She was 60. As secretary, Rensing managed the political science department chair’s schedule, coordinated department visitors and events and kept the office running smoothly. Rensing worked with many department chairs, faculty and students […]
International expedition
Photo by Mary ButkusGregory P. Magarian, J.D., professor of law, speaks to a group of 25 journalists from around the world Oct. 29 in Seigle Hall. The journalists were visiting WUSTL as part of the U.S. Department of State Foreign Press Center’s 2008 Midwest Election Tour.
Magnet for excellence
Photo by Joe AngelesCamilla and Stephen Brauer, from left, receive a special gift from Salvatore P. Sutera, Ph.D., dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science, and Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton to commemorate the Oct. 29 groundbreaking of the Stephen F. and Camilla T. Brauer Hall.
WUSTL CONNECT debuts
WUSTL CONNECT, a University-wide login system that will allow WUSTL community members to use only one user name and password to access many WUSTL Web applications, launched its first phase last week.
Obituary: Michael King, University City police sergeant, 50
A funeral was held Nov. 4 for University City Police Sergeant Michael King, who was killed in the line of duty Oct. 31. He was 50. King, who earned a bachelor’s degree in political science in Arts & Sciences from Washington University in 1980, was a lifelong University City resident and 25-year veteran of the […]
Washington University scientists first to sequence genome of cancer patient
Acute myelogenous leukemia cellsFor the first time, scientists have decoded the complete DNA of a cancer patient and traced her disease – acute myelogenous leukemia – to its genetic roots. A large research team at the Genome Sequencing Center and the Siteman Cancer Center at the School of Medicine sequenced the genome of the patient – a woman in her 50s who ultimately died of her disease – and the genome of her leukemia cells, to identify genetic changes unique to her cancer.
Performing Arts Department to present Boston Marriage Nov. 20 to 23
David Kilper/WUSTL Photo Services*Boston Marriage*David Mamet is perhaps the most instantly recognizable playwright of his generation, known for terse, highly stylized and strategically crude plays — such as Glengarry Glen Ross (1984), Speed-the-Plow (1988) and Oleanna (1992) — that relentlessly dissect contemporary masculinity.This month Washington University’s Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will showcase another side of Mamet with Boston Marriage, a sharp and sometimes shocking drawing room comedy centered on a pair of genteel Victorian women.
Michael Pollan to receive Washington University Humanities Medal Nov. 20
Alla MaileyMichael PollanCelebrated food writer Michael Pollan will receive the Washington University Humanities Medal as part of “Celebrating Our Books, Recognizing Our Authors,” the university’s seventh annual faculty book colloquium. The biannual award is given to a distinguished scholar, writer or artist whose career merits special recognition for excellence and courage.
WUSTL professors offer analysis on election night
Election night media coverage will feature three professors from Washington University on KETC-TV, Channel 9. The professors will be among local political experts and citizens invited to participate in the station’s multimedia collaboration with the St. Louis Beacon, an online journal.